This two-storey brick building on Railway Street in Pilot Mound, in the Municipality of Louise, measuring 50 feet by 65 feet, was built in 1905 by hardware merchant James Winram (1860-1933). In its original configuration, the building contained two retail spaces on the main floor, one of which was occupied by Winram Hardware and Implement Store. The second floor contained residential apartments.
At the time of an April 2025 site visit, the building was vacant. It was demolished in June 2025.
Winram Block (right) on Railway Street South (no date)
Source: Pilot Mound Museum
Winram Block (left) on Railway Street South (no date)
Source: Internet Archive, PC011476
Winram Block (no date)
Source: Captured Memories: A Pictorial History of the Rural Municipality of Louise by Pilot Mound Museum, 2000, page 14.
Interior of Winram Block (no date)
Source: Captured Memories: A Pictorial History of the Rural Municipality of Louise by Pilot Mound Museum, 2000, page 14.
Winram Block (June 2023)
Source: Jordan Makichuk
Winram Block (April 2025)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Aerial view of buildings to be demolished (June 2025)
Source: Currie Country Living
Aerial view of buildings under demolition (June 2025)
Source: Currie Country Living
Aerial view of buildings under demolition (June 2025)
Source: Currie Country Living
Aerial view of buildings under demolition (June 2025)
Source: Currie Country Living
Aerial view after completion of demolition (June 2025)
Source: Currie Country LivingSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.20125, W98.89427
denoted by symbol on the map above
Death registration [James Winram], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Prairie Pride Land by Louise History Book Committee, 1998, page 71.
We thank Heather Brewster (Pilot Mound Museum) and Greg Currie (Currie Country Living) for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 July 2025
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